HC Deb 20 June 1972 vol 839 c56W
52. Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the guaranteed price of wheat in the United Kingdom for the coming year; what is the present market price; and how these figures compare with the present basic intervention price in the European Economic Community.

Mr. Peter Mills

The guaranteed price of wheat for 1972–73 is £34.40 a ton. The present United Kingdom market price is £28.23. The European Economic Community's basic intervention price is currently £44.35.